Will They Ever Trust Us Again? (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 5 stars “Very thought provoking and emotional. A must read even if you're not American.” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 1 stars “You should watch Fahrenheit 9/11 documentary before reading this book. 90% of the letters were written in response to the movie. The letter from Specialist Willy titled ‘President Doesn’t Care’ reminded me of the Bush Doctrine when he wrote that his platoon sergeant said ‘If you decide you want...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Very thought provoking and emotional. A must read even if you're not American.”

  Sabin Figaro III wrote this review Wednesday, July 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 1 stars

  “You should watch Fahrenheit 9/11 documentary before reading this book. 90% of the letters were written in response to the movie. The letter from Specialist Willy titled ‘President Doesn’t Care’ reminded me of the Bush Doctrine when he wrote that his platoon sergeant said ‘If you decide you want to kill a civilian that looks threatening, shoot him. I’d rather fill out paperwork than get one of my soldiers killed by some rag head’. Isn’t that sound familiar? Yes. Bush himself said a similar phrase. It all goes back to the doctrine of reprisal and pre-emption. This is the attitude Mr. President has towards the interpretation of Article 51 of the UN Charter which justifies self-defense for the use of force prohibited under Article 2(4). Everyone knows how Bush played his game, I’m not gonna boil my blood and get angry over this. I’m in total agreement with Jay’s letter titled ‘Whare are the WMD’s? Why Are We Really Over In Iraq?’ He gave a definition of TERRORIST which spelled – the systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective. He put his opinion on the definition that Mr. Bush fits the criteria. Meanwhile Jay Perkins (letter titled ‘I Call Myself An American’) stated that he can’t see any valid or clear connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq. In theory, there are two types of international disputes – dispute between two nations and dispute between an individual with its own state. The al-Qaeda is definitely the second type. Therefore there is no valid reason why US should ‘punish’ the entire Iraq because of one individual’s action. Al-Qaeda is just a terrorist group like Jihad and Taliban. The thing I can’t understand is that US portrays themselves as a peace loving nation by introducing Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and other operations with pleasant name, but every year US allocated a huge portion of fund in defence budget and also the only country with major advances in military technology. OK. I got too carried away when reviewing politic books. Anyway, back to the book. I doubt the creditability of this book because selected letters are published. The entire book is bound with letters opposing Bush and supporting Moore. I believe when there is an open discussion, there will be at least one on the extreme left, one on the extreme right or one who sits on the fence. What happen to other letters, Mr. Moore? Michael Moore himself practices freedom of speech on his book, website, etc. I think he should leave some room for other people to practice their right in freedom of speech as well. Certainly he has deleted the letters that damned his idea. But I understand that this book is published to upheld the spirit to put the Bush Administration down. Therefore, this book is an altered truth that hides the other side of the story.
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  Jerine L wrote this review Monday, August 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “I like Michael Moore. I think he sees the big picture pretty clearly. I like everything I've read by him.”

  Judy A wrote this review Saturday, February 9 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Nederlandse verie: Brieven van het front Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers ©2005”

  Aibeethoven wrote this review Wednesday, January 9 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “Letter sent to Mr. Moore. Interesting when you read 5-6 letters, but when the whole book is letters ONLY and with one basic idea - then it's not so interesting anymore. But idea is nice.”

  Alexander wrote this review Wednesday, January 9 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No